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I'm critical of U/L, but it's ignorant to say there hasn't been any innovation. Back then, you had to know the phone number to call - I'd try to be diligent ab

I'm critical of U/L, but it's ignorant to say there hasn't been any innovation. Back then, you had to know the phone number to call - I'd try to be diligent about keeping a taxi number in my contact list but it's invalid when I really need it when traveling in a different city. Trying to hail a cab during a busy holiday? Good luck with that - cab splitting existed but nowhere near as frictionless as through apps + route-planning software. Plus phone calls usually didn't make it to the dispatcher during extremely busy times (walking out of a bar on new years). Waiting for the cab? Better stay put where you are since they can't see your live location.

IanCal 8y ago
> I'm critical of U/L, but it's ignorant to say there hasn't been any innovation. I won't say there's none, but there was a taxi app for me before Uber that knew where I was and let me book a taxi, that wasn't innovative. > Back then, you had to know the phone number to call - A benefit sure, but "being big" is not an innovation. > Trying to hail a cab during a busy holiday? Good luck with that Here when it's busy I can't get an Uber but I can book my local service. Uber is way less reliable here. > route-planning software. Every uber here uses Waze. > Waiting for the cab? Better stay put where you are since they can't see your live location. Hah! I've repeatedly had issues where Uber cars didn't seem to know where I was, their app put me in the middle of a lake once and I kept moving about trying to figure out where the hell I could meet the taxi because their position made no sense either. They cancelled on me and I had to chase them down a street and rebook, hoping it would connect to them.
- kortilla 8y ago
  >Every uber here uses Waze. Swing and a miss. Op is talking about Uber’s scheduling system for assigning drivers to riders.

IanCal 8y ago

> I'm critical of U/L, but it's ignorant to say there hasn't been any innovation. I won't say there's none, but there was a taxi app for me before Uber that knew where I was and let me book a taxi, that wasn't innovative. > Back then, you had to know the phone number to call - A benefit sure, but "being big" is not an innovation. > Trying to hail a cab during a busy holiday? Good luck with that Here when it's busy I can't get an Uber but I can book my local service. Uber is way less reliable here. > route-planning software. Every uber here uses Waze. > Waiting for the cab? Better stay put where you are since they can't see your live location. Hah! I've repeatedly had issues where Uber cars didn't seem to know where I was, their app put me in the middle of a lake once and I kept moving about trying to figure out where the hell I could meet the taxi because their position made no sense either. They cancelled on me and I had to chase them down a street and rebook, hoping it would connect to them.

kortilla 8y ago
>Every uber here uses Waze. Swing and a miss. Op is talking about Uber’s scheduling system for assigning drivers to riders.